Shocks, policy reforms and pro-poor growth in Bolivia: A simulation analysis

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-56

  Lay, Jann ^a   Thiele, Rainer ^a   Wiebelt, Manfred ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY; REFORM PROCESS; RURAL SOCIETY; URBAN SOCIETY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349028511     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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